What Were You Thinking ?!?! #5 (NBA Administration)
OK.. I understand and actually agree with the suspension placed on Arenas and Crittenton. However, I DO NOT think the rest of the NBA players, nor sponsors, should be held in contempt for two individuals that did not utilize proper judgement.
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are featured in a new Nike Ad. In which they are describing their passion and dedication to winning and the game. Kobe's quote says,
“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games. I don’t leave anything in the chamber.”
OH NO... HE SAID "CHAMBER"... A Chamber relates to guns.. You do the math. So are we not allowed to say, he "shot" the ball anymore? The NBA is going at Nike now saying,
“We had no prior notice of this ad,” spokesman Tim Frank said. “We think it is inappropriate.”
Are you serious? You've already punished the people for the crime, now you're holding everyone else liable to enforce sensitivity to the situation?
If you really want to get down to it, why don't you just ban alcohol? That's normally a precursor or an aid in voilence isn't it? Since we're being "sensitive" to the situation. Allusions to guns throught marketing, as long as I've been alive, have never caused a violent crime, but someone getting too drunk definitely have.
From my understanding, teams can't even play card games on the airplane anymore. They're actually regulating what GROWN MEN can do during trips now? First the dress code, now no "go fish"? Come on..
Here's the original article for you to determine your own point of view..
Kobe-LeBron Nike ad features gun language
January 29th, 2010 - 21:59
Sounds like they’re going off half-cocked (1). Once they get someone in their sights (2) they will bring out the big guns (3 – and oh what a givaway) and take no prisoners (4 – kill ‘em all).
There. 4 references in two sentences to guns and death. Saying sh*t in a Nike ad is bad. If it was in a board room and they left nothing in the chamber to win a deal… they’re f-ing heroes of industry.
The slow erosion of our freedoms is underway all. When we think something is BS, we need to stand up and call BS. If I don’t stand for something, I’ll fall for anything, right?
Shalom y’all
January 30th, 2010 - 09:13
If it can’t be used for personal advantage, don’t use it at all. I feel that’s the point of view David Stern carries. But this is rediculous. We know very well Kobe won’t shoot anything but a ball. Now if this were Jason Williams, then we could possibly think cautiosly. Lol:D
January 30th, 2010 - 15:07
This is just another venue for political correctness to weasel its way into another aspect of our society. Its really pathetic, its dumb sensitivity things like this that make the younger generations soft. Society needs to remember that it is the PARENTS job to parent, not the medias. A parent should teach kids to comprehend well enough to understand the context of what Kobe means.